| Event: | Men's 5000 metres |
| Games: | 1960 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium |
| Dates: | August 31 (heats) September 2 (final) |
| Competitors: | 46 |
| Nations: | 32 |
| Win Value: | 13:43.7 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Murray Halberg |
| Goldnoc: | NZL |
| Silver: | Hans Grodotzki |
| Silvernoc: | EUA |
| Bronze: | Kazimierz Zimny |
| Bronzenoc: | POL |
| Prev: | 1956 |
| Next: | 1964 |
The men's 5000 metres long distance event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 2.[1]
The fastest three runners in each of the four heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Grodotzki | 14:01.29 | ||
| 2 | Luigi Conti | 14:01.55 | ||
| 3 | Nyandika Maiyoro | 14:06.29 | ||
| 4 | Yury Zakharov | 14:10.41 | ||
| 5 | Reijo Höykinpuro | 14:21.92 | ||
| 6 | Hedwig Leenaert | 14:25.81 | ||
| 7 | Frank Salvat | 14:33.64 | ||
| 8 | Gebru Merawi | 14:41.22 | ||
| 9 | Jim Beatty | 14:44.40 | ||
| 10 | Michael Hoey | 15:00.52 | ||
| 11 | Kassim Mukhtar | 15:00.97 | ||
| - | José Aceituno | DNF | ||
| - | Béla Szekeres | DNF | ||
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horst Flosbach | 14:09.25 | ||
| 2 | Sándor Iharos | 14:09.38 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Artynyuk | 14:09.92 | ||
| 4 | Allan Lawrence | 14:10.71 | ||
| 5 | Hamoud Ameur | 14:14.17 | ||
| 6 | Manuel de Oliveira | 14:16.14 | ||
| 7 | Doug Kyle | 14:25.36 | ||
| 8 | Marian Jochman | 14:31.29 | ||
| 9 | José Molíns | 14:31.30 | ||
| 10 | Mohamed Saïd | 14:53.6 | ||
| 11 | Ranjit Bhatia | 15:06.6 | ||
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friedrich Janke | 14:02.58 | ||
| 2 | Michel Bernard | 14:04.82 | ||
| 3 | Albie Thomas | 14:06.27 | ||
| 4 | Bill Dellinger | 14:08.72 | ||
| 5 | Boris Yefimov | 14:14.68 | ||
| 6 | Simo Saloranta | 14:15.35 | ||
| 7 | Jaroslav Bohatý | 14:30.34 | ||
| 8 | Gordon Pirie | 14:43.6 | ||
| 9 | Khristos Khiotis | 15:01.2 | ||
| 10 | Cyprian Tseriwa | 15:02.8 | ||
| 11 | Somnuek Srisombati | 15:32.6 | ||
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Power | 14:03.31 | ||
| 2 | Murray Halberg | 14:04.28 | ||
| 3 | Kazimierz Zimny | 14:07.75 | ||
| 4 | Bruce Tulloh | 14:17.30 | ||
| 5 | Miroslav Jurek | 14:31.53 | ||
| 6 | Eugène Allonsius | 14:37.20 | ||
| 7 | Bob Soth | 14:40.85 | ||
| 8 | Miklós Szabó | 14:51.99 | ||
| 9 | Andrei Barabaș | 15:11.2 | ||
| 10 | Muharrem Dalkılıç | 15:13.6 | ||
| 11 | Jean Aniset | 15:17.0 | ||
| 12 | Mubarak Shah | 15:43.0 | ||
| 13 | George De Peana | 15:54.2 | ||
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:43.76 | ||||
| 13:45.01 | ||||
| 13:45.09 | ||||
| 4 | 13:47.14 | |||
| 5 | 13:52.38 | |||
| 6 | 13:53.25 | |||
| 7 | 14:04.68 | |||
| 8 | 14:07.03 | |||
| 9 | 14:08.45 | |||
| 10 | 14:11.91 | |||
| 11 | 14:20.88 | |||
| 12 | 14:34.45 | |||
Key: DNF = did not finish